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1999 USL A-League

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Football league season

USL A-League
Season	1999
Champions	Minnesota Thunder (1st Title)
Premiers	Rochester Raging Rhinos (2nd Title)
Matches	420
Goals	1,427 (3.4 per match)
Best Player	John Swallen,Minnesota Thunder
Top goalscorer	Niall Thompson,Vancouver 86ers,Mark Baena,Seattle Sounders (20 goals)
Best goalkeeper	John Swallen,Minnesota Thunder
←1998 2000 →

The1999 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by theUnited Soccer League during the summer of 1999.

Regular season

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Eastern Conference

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Northeast Division

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Rochester Rhinos	28	20	2	1	5	47	20	+27	7	92
2	Staten Island Vipers	28	17	2	1	8	53	31	+22	9	82
3	Long Island Rough Riders	28	15	3	0	10	57	44	+13	8	74
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	15	1	1	11	63	43	+20	9	72
5	Lehigh Valley Steam	28	13	2	1	12	42	44	−2	6	63
6	Boston Bulldogs	28	12	0	5	11	49	36	+13	8	61
7	Toronto Lynx	28	11	1	3	13	49	36	+13	2	51
8	Connecticut Wolves	28	7	0	1	20	32	68	−36	5	34

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Atlantic Division

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Hershey Wildcats	28	15	2	1	10	54	33	+21	10	75
2	Richmond Kickers	28	14	3	1	10	51	44	+7	6	69
3	Charleston Battery	28	14	1	4	9	43	39	+4	6	68
4	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	12	3	2	11	51	61	−10	6	62
5	Jacksonville Cyclones	28	12	1	1	14	51	61	−10	9	60
6	Hampton Roads Mariners	28	10	5	2	11	45	41	+4	5	57
7	Raleigh Express	28	9	2	2	15	32	50	−18	5	47
8	Maryland Mania	28	2	1	1	24	16	85	−69	2	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Western Conference

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Central Division

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Minnesota Thunder	28	18	4	4	2	57	17	+40	6	90
2	MLS Project 40	28	15	2	0	11	44	46	−2	4	68
3	New Orleans Storm	28	14	0	0	14	56	61	−5	11	67
4	Indiana Blast	28	11	2	2	13	43	51	−8	5	55
5	Milwaukee Rampage	28	11	2	1	14	44	49	−5	5	54
6	Tennessee Rhythm	28	9	2	3	14	44	52	−8	6	49
7	Cincinnati Riverhawks	28	5	2	3	18	45	71	−26	7	34

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Pacific Division

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	San Diego Flash	28	18	2	3	5	65	30	+35	11	90
2	Vancouver 86ers	28	17	2	2	7	77	31	+46	10	84
3	Seattle Sounders	28	16	3	1	8	56	36	+20	10	81
4	Orange County Zodiac	28	13	4	3	8	59	49	+10	10	73
5	El Paso Patriots	28	12	0	2	14	49	59	−10	6	56
6	San Francisco Bay Seals	28	7	2	4	15	37	54	−17	4	40
7	Sacramento Geckos	28	0	0	1	27	16	91	−75	0	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Conference Quarterfinals

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Eastern Conference

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September 10, 1999

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	2–1	Lehigh Valley Steam (PA)
Carlos Zavala 70' Mauro Biello 72'		89'Ian Checcio

Frontier Field,Rochester, New York

Attendance: 8,437

September 11, 1999

Staten Island Vipers (NY)	3–2 (OT)	Richmond Kickers (VA)
Ernest Inneh 27',57' Martin Dugas 97'		30',80'Gary Glasgow

Mitchel Field,Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 1,452

September 11, 1999

Long Island Rough Riders (NY)	3–4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Cordt Weinstein 52' Darko Kolic 68' John Wolyniec 87'		35'Goran Vasic 40'Justin Evans 75'Joenal Castma 77'Allen Eller

Mitchel Field,Uniondale, New York

Attendance: 1,452

September 11, 1999

Hershey Wildcats (PA)	3–2	Charleston Battery (SC)
Gino DiFlorio 54' Greg Simmonds 70' Chris Penny 73' John Smith 90'		58',88'Dean Sewell 73'Mike Burke 73'Paul Conway

Hersheypark Stadium,Hershey, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 2,299

Western Conference

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September 10, 1999

San Diego Flash (CA)	3–1	El Paso Patriots (TX)
Kevin Legg 26',70' 90' (pen.)		9' Victor Castro

Douglas Stadium,San Diego, California

Attendance: 2,984

September 10, 1999

Vancouver 86ers (BC)	1–3	MLS Project 40
Chris Dailly 85'		39'Alen Kozić 69',84'Kirk Wilson 70'Jason Moore

Swangard Stadium,Burnaby, British Columbia

Attendance: 5,050

September 11, 1999

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	4–0	New Orleans Storm (LA)
Craig Gaunt 33' (o.g.) Stoian Mladenov 65' Gerard Lagos 78',84'

National Sports Center,Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 1,560

September 11, 1999

Seattle Sounders (WA)	6–3	Orange County Zodiac (CA)
Sean Henderson 17',44' (pen.) Mark Baena 26' Jose Vasquez 38' (o.g.) Kieran Barton 59' Ian Russell 64',87'	Report	5'Jason Boyce 9'P.J. Polowski 42'Mark Foster 52'Shawn Saunders 62'Jose Vasquez 68'Jason Boyce 71'Martín Vásquez 73'Gustavo Leal 83'Peter Lak

Renton Memorial Stadium,Renton, Washington

Attendance: 2,984

Referee: David Bragg (USA)

Conference semifinals

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Eastern Conference Semifinal 1

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September 16, 1999

Hershey Wildcats (PA)	2–0	Staten Island Vipers (NY)
Jamel Mitchell 65' Matthew Ford 84'

Hersheypark Stadium,Hershey, Pennsylvania

Referee: Rob Sheker

September 18, 1999

Staten Island Vipers (NY)	0–2	Hershey Wildcats (PA)
		37',84'Jamel Mitchell 67'Kyle Swords

Hersheypark Stadium,Hershey, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 1,085

The Hershey Wildcats advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Eastern Conference Semifinal 2

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September 18, 1999

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	6–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Doug Miller 1:30',10:50' Darren Tilley 8:30',71:04' Yari Allnutt 18:00' Mauro Biello 50:00'	Report	38:10'Justin Evans 87:00'Goran Vasic

Frontier Field,Rochester, New York

Attendance: 9,127

September 25, 1999
7:35 PMEST

Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)	1–0	Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Mike Apple 65'	Report

Bethel Park High School,Bethel, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 4,115

September 28, 1999

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	2–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (PA)
Doug Miller 35' Tim Hardy 43' Nate Daligcon 49' Mali Walton 52'	https://www.newspapers.com/image/136563379/?terms=Rhinos Report	29'Gary DePalma 44' 64'Tenywa Bonseu

Frontier Field,Rochester, New York

Attendance: 6,541

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Western Conference Semifinal 1

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September 18, 1999

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	1–0 (OT)	MLS Project 40
Paul Schneider 105'

National Sports Center,Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 1,578

September 20, 1999

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	2–0	MLS Project 40
Gerard Lagos 28' Stoian Mladenov 42'		89'Judah Cooks

National Sports Center,Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 946

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the Western Conference final.

Western Conference Semifinal 2

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September 18, 1999

San Diego Flash (CA)	6–0	Seattle Sounders (WA)
Chugger Adair 3' Antonio Robles 23' Carlos Farias 34',53',60',84' (pen.) Mauricio Alegre 87'	Report	23'Ollie Heald

Merrill Douglas StadiumSan Diego, California

Attendance: 2,116

Referee: Kari Seitz

September 25, 1999

Seattle Sounders (WA)	0–1	San Diego Flash (CA)
Jason Annicchero 82'	Report	11'Jerome Watson

Renton Memorial StadiumSeattle, Washington

Attendance: 4,426

Referee: Kevin Stott

The San Diego Flash advanced to the Western Conference final.

Conference finals

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Eastern Conference

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October 3, 1999
7:35 PMEST

Hershey Wildcats (PA)	2–1	Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Greg Simmonds 15' Jamel Mitchell 79'		Doug Miller

Hersheypark Stadium,Hershey, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 6,541

October 9, 1999
7:35 PMEST

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	1–0	Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Doug Miller 80'

Frontier Field,Rochester, New York

Attendance: 9,024

October 11, 1999
7:35 PMEST

Rochester Rhinos (NY)	3–1	Hershey Wildcats (PA)
Mauro Biello 20' Doug Miller 81' (pen.) Yari Allnutt 85'		78' Tim Leonard

Frontier Field,Rochester, New York

Attendance: 7,753

The Rochester Rhinos advanced to the final.

Western Conference

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October 2, 1999
7:35 PM

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	4–1	San Diego Flash (CA)
Paweł Nowak 10' Stoian Mladenov 58' (pen.) Amos Magee 63',88'		29'Jamie Munro

National Sports Center,Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 2,072

October 7, 1999
7:35 PMPST

San Diego Flash (CA)	1–2	Minnesota Thunder (MN)
Nate Hetherington 83'	Report	7' 14'Morgan Zeba 27'Amos Magee 80' (pen.)Kalin Bankov

San Diego Mesa College,San Diego, California

Attendance: 2,983

The Minnesota Thunder advanced to the final.

Final

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October 16, 1999
7:05 PM

Minnesota Thunder (MN)	2–1	Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Gerard Lagos 43' Paweł Nowak 47'		57'Darren Tilley

National Sports Center,Blaine, Minnesota

Attendance: 9,987

MVP:Amos Magee, Minnesota Thunder

Points leaders

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Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Niall Thompson	Vancouver 86ers	20	7	47
2	Mark Baena	Seattle Sounders	20	6	46
2	Eduardo Sebrango	Vancouver 86ers	18	10	46
4	Darko Kolic	Long Island Rough Riders	17	9	43
5	Steve Patterson	Orange County Zodiac	19	4	42
6	Jamel Mitchell	Hershey Wildcats	15	9	39
6	Ernest Inneh	Staten Island Vipers	18	3	39
8	Greg Simmonds	Hershey Wildcats	16	6	38
9	Onandi Lowe	Richmond Kickers	15	7	37
	John Wolyniec	Long Island Rough Riders	15	7	37
	John Sulentic	Vancouver 86ers	9	19	37
12	Carlos Farias	San Diego Flash	15	6	36
12	Ian Russell	Seattle Sounders	14	8	36
14	Gary Glasgow	Richmond Kickers	14	7	35
15	Patrick Beech	New Orleans Storm	16	2	34
16	Paul Conway	Charleston Battery	14	5	33
17	Dan Stebbins	Milwaukee Rampage	10	12	32
18	Mac Cozier	Jacksonville Cyclones	13	4	30
	Gustavo Leal	Orange County Zodiac	13	4	30
	Mugurel Dumitru	San Diego Flash	9	12	30

Honors

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MVP:John Swallen
Leading goal scorer:Niall Thompson
Leading goalkeeper:John Swallen
Defender of the Year:Scott Schweitzer
Rookie of the Year:Greg Simmonds
Coach of the Year:Paul Riley
Referee of the Year: Glenn Prechac
First Team All League
- Goalkeeper:John Swallen
- Defenders:Craig Demmin,Scott Schweitzer,Tenywa Bonseu,Kalin Bankov
- Midfielders:Carlos Farias,Mauro Biello,Mac Cozier
- Forwards:Mark Baena,Ernest Inneh,Niall Thompson
Second Team All League^[1]
- Goalkeeper:Pat Onstad
- Defenders:Jose Vasquez,John Coughlin,Gilbert Jean-Baptiste
- Midfielders:Ian Russell,John Sulentic,Marvin Oliver
- Forwards:Jamel Mitchell,Paul Conway,Darko Kolic,Onandi Lowe

References

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^1999 League Awards Archived March 19, 2012, at theWayback Machine

External links

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